[Mennonite]

Yeah, maybe I'm judging it too harshly but I've seen several hundred horror movies and read at least a thousand horror short stories so I'm probably a little jaded.

As you correctly pointed out, it feels a lot like the Wicker Man (1973). I don't have an issue with that, my main complaint is that there isn't anything new and unsettling added to that story.

We all know they're going to be sacrificed, so you have to make the scenes and scares leading up to the ending all that much more effective. I just don't think they did that here.


Edited to add:

Only kinda similar in theme, but I'd like to post this adaptation of the Shirley Jackson short story "The Lottery."